WORDS OF WISDOM
Here you will find all wisdom sayings divided into categories.
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“Worry is like a ghost: if you don’t fear it,
they can't do anything to him"
(Unknown)
“Do not be afraid of the darkness, for it would not be there,
if the light wouldn't help somewhere else"
(Unknown)
“For fear of doing something wrong, I did nothing and that was the wrong thing”
(Unknown)
“Where fear is, that's the way to go!”
(Unknown)
"Enjoy every day! Don't worry about what might come, or you'll be paying interest in advance on debts you may never incur."
(Unknown)
“Do what you fear and fear will die”
(Friedrich Nietzsche)
“Jealousy is a passion that eagerly seeks what creates suffering”
(Unknown)
"Always forgive your enemies. Nothing angers them more."
(Unknown)
"Never envy others for their perceived happiness. For you, it could be a burden you cannot bear."
(Unknown)
“In Germany, the highest form of recognition is envy”
(Arthur Schopenhauer)
“The number of our envious people confirms our abilities”
(Oscar Wilde)
“Envy is the habit of seeking, instead of one’s own good fortune,
to count those of others”
(Ernst von Feuchtersleben)
“Envy is the most sincere form of recognition”
(Wilhelm Busch)
"Why do you want to compare yourself to others? There is no one who can be you better than you."
(Unknown)
“If the grass appears greener on the other side, it may be because you are not taking proper care of your own grass.”
(Unknown)
“He who seeks revenge should dig two graves”
(Confucius)
“If you go in the wrong direction, there is no point
to increase the pace"
(Unknown)
“He who laughs at the mistakes of others makes one himself”
(Unknown)
"Never mistreat the person by your side. Even if they forgive you again and again. At some point, they will stop and find someone else they don't have to forgive."
(Unknown)
“Act with enthusiasm and you will be inspired”
(Unknown)
“If you want to change something that cannot be changed,
then change your attitude towards it”
(Unknown)
“Bitter tea offered with goodwill tastes sweeter than tea,
which is handed out with a sour face”
(Chinese wisdom)
"Don't go around saying, 'The world owes me something. The world owes you nothing. It was there first.'"
(Mark Twain)
"You laugh at me because I'm different. I laugh at you because you're all the same."
(Kurt Cobain)
"Don't chase the past and don't get lost in the future"
(Unknown)
“The more kindness you radiate towards yourself, the more this will become your automatic behavior towards others.”
(Wayne Dyer)
“If you ask the right questions, you will get the right answers”
(Unknown)
“He who prefers security to freedom is rightly a slave”
(Aristotle)
“First you use your health to make money; then you use your money to get your health back.”
(Unknown)
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
(Albert Einstein)
“Don’t start with a big resolution, start with a small action”
(Unknown)
"The route is the goal"
(Confucius)
“The action distinguishes the goal from the dream”
(Unknown)
“Even a step back is often a step towards the goal”
(Unknown)
“Everything a person can imagine, he can achieve”
(Unknown)
“If you want to live your dreams, you must not dream those of others.”
(Unknown)
“Failures are often necessary detours to success”
(Unknown)
“There is no elevator on the way to success, you have to use the stairs.”
(Unknown)
“Act with enthusiasm and you will be inspired”
(Unknown)
“You have no right to happiness, you have to conquer it.”
(Unknown)
“Without the inner willingness, all searching is pointless”
(Unknown)
"What lies before us and what lies behind us is nothing compared to what lies within us. And when we bring what lies within us outwards into the
world, miracles happen”
(Henry David Thoreau)
"In life, sometimes it's about waiting calmly until the right moment arrives. And sometimes it's about acting right now without hesitation. And when we can distinguish the two, the goal almost comes to us by itself."
(Unknown)
“Even the longest journey begins with the first step”
(Chinese wisdom)
“Your greatest success comes after your greatest defeat”
(Henry Ward Beecher)
“Humility is an important tool on the path to enlightenment.
Only those who do not want to will find out”
(Unknown)
“The kite teaches: If you want to fly high, you have to do it against the wind.”
(Chinese wisdom)
“One waits until time changes, the other seizes it
strong and act"
(Dante Alighieri)
“The journey is the destination. Because all too often the destination is in our way.”
(Unknown)
“The path to your goal begins the day you take 100% responsibility for your actions.”
(Dante Alighieri)
"You were born to succeed! No one can stop you,
except yourself"
(Unknown)
“One part of the path lies behind you, another in front of you. If you linger, it is only to strengthen yourself, not to give up.”
(Augustine Aurelius)
“A try not only makes you smart, but also successful”
(Unknown)
“Success is only achieved by those who do something while waiting for success.”
(Thomas Alva Edison)
“Success is what follows”
(Unknown)
“It is not enough to recognize opportunities, you must also seize them”
(Unknown)
“It is better to reach the goal with three small jumps than to fall into one
big to break the legs"
(From Africa)
“It’s not the things you get, but the hearts you touch,
that determine your success"
(Unknown)
“Never pursue goals other than those that belong to you.”
(Unknown)
“Do not go where the path may lead, but go where there is no path,
and leave a trace"
(Jean-Paul)
“Winners make plans, losers find excuses”
(Unknown)
"I know no sure path to success, but I do know a sure path to failure. Trying to please everyone."
(Plato)
“Make others great, then you yourself will grow”
(Unknown)
"You don't reach your goal because you dreamed about it or thought about it. You achieve it because you walked your path."
(Unknown)
“Sometimes you have to lose your orientation in order to see clearly again”
(Unknown)
“It is not because it is unattainable that we do not dare, but because we do not dare that it is unattainable.”
(Seneca)
“Nobody knows what they can do unless they try.”
(Publilius Syrus)
“Only when you take risks do you grow”
(Unknown)
“Only those who know their goal will find the way”
(Unknown)
“Whether you hurry or walk slowly, the path remains the same”
(Chinese wisdom)
“Set your goals high, your expectations low and be positive
surprised by the result"
(Unknown)
“The only things that are impossible are those that one closes oneself to”
(Unknown)
“Many are stubborn about the path they have chosen,
few in relation to the goal"
(Friedrich Nietzsche)
“Many stubbornly pursue the path, only a few stubbornly pursue the goal”
(Friedrich Nietzsche)
“Choose a job you love and you won’t need to spend a day in
Work more in your life”
(Confucius)
“If the shoe pinches, then separate yourself from the shoe, not from the path”
(Unknown)
“If you don’t succeed right away, it only means you’re getting closer to it.”
(Unknown)
“He who ponders for a long time does not begin, and he who does not begin does not win.”
(Arabic wisdom)
“He who knows his goal will find the way”
(Lao Tzu)
“We cannot change the wind, but we can set the sails correctly.”
(Aristotle)
“We don’t know where we want to go, but we always want to be the first to get there.”
(Unknown)
“Only those who set out on the journey will discover new lands”
(Hugo von Hofmannsthal)
“Our tomorrow will be different if we change today”
(Unknown)
“Even a step back is often a step towards the goal”
(Unknown)
“Success doesn’t come to you – you have to go towards success”
(Unknown)
“One is not disappointed by what another does or does not do, but only by one’s own stupidity in having expected something different.”
(Unknown)
“If we didn’t dream so much, we would also
Don't expect so much from reality"
(Unknown)
“Not being disappointed also means not having expected anything”
(Unknown)
“If you hope for fulfillment from others, you will never achieve true abundance.”
(Lao Tzu)
“Demand much from yourself and expect little from others.
This will save you trouble.”
(Confucius)
“Leave the waiting room and go sit in your own room.”
(Gabriele Hannemann)
“Don’t wander around searching, the most beautiful things will come about then,
when you least expect it"
(Unknown)
“Set your goals high, your expectations low and be
positively surprised by the result"
(Unknown)
“What prevents us from doing what we expect from others?”
(Unknown)
“Don’t worry about the people from your past, because there were reasons why they didn’t make it into your future.”
(Unknown)
"Never mistreat the person by your side. Even if they forgive you again and again. At some point, they will stop and find someone else they don't have to forgive."
(Unknown)
“He who is not able to forgive does not deserve it himself,
that he will be forgiven"
(Unknown)
“The most beautiful thing about friendship is not the outstretched hand, the friendly smile, or the human contact, but the uplifting feeling of having someone who believes in you and puts their trust in you.”
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)
“There is nothing more beautiful than someone knocking on our door just when we feel abandoned by the whole world.”
(Unknown)
“There are people who are like a boomerang: you have to let them go at the right moment so that they come back to you.”
(Unknown)
“The best way to have a friend is to be one yourself”
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)
“A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future and accepts you today as you are.”
(Unknown)
“A true friend is one who holds your hand and touches your heart”
(Unknown)
“You only appreciate a friend when you have lost him”
(Unknown)
"There comes a point in your life where you realize who's important, who never was important, who's no longer important, and who will always be important. So don't worry about people from your past; there are reasons why they won't be in your future."
(Unknown)
“There are two kinds of friends: some can be bought,
the others are priceless"
(Unknown)
“It is important to be nice, but it is nicer to be important to EVERYONE”
(Unknown)
“It is not about friends coming together,
but that they agree"
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
"Friends are like guardian angels! You can't see them, but they're always there for you."
(Unknown)
"In your life you meet many people. But only true friends
leave traces in your heart"
(Unknown)
"Everyone can sympathize with the suffering of a friend. But it requires a truly noble character to be able to
to rejoice in a friend’s successes”
(Oscar Wilde)
“Take time for your friends, otherwise time will take your friends away”
(Unknown)
“Perhaps your path in life requires you to meet many bad people before you meet the true friend, so that you can be grateful when you have met him.”
(Unknown)
“The shortest distance between two people is a smile”
(Unknown)
“If you go in the wrong direction, there is no point
to increase the pace"
(Unknown)
“Patience is the key to joy”
(Wisdom from Arabia)
“The grass doesn’t grow any faster if you pull on it.”
(Zambian proverb)
“Patience is the key to joy”
(Arabic proverb)
“Patience is the power with which we achieve the best”
(Confucius)
“He who crawls cannot stumble”
(Unknown)
“He who breaks the bud with impatient fingers will miss the splendor
the flower cannot be seen”
(Unknown)
“We don’t know where we want to go, but we always want to be the first to get there.”
(Unknown)
“If you want to take safe steps, you have to take them slowly.”
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
"You don't just want to be happy, you want to be happier than others. And that's so difficult because we think others are happier than they are."
(Charles Louis de Montesquieu)
“We live too much in the past, are afraid of the future and completely forget to enjoy the present.”
(Unknown)
"Happiness doesn't lie in great successes, because they are fleeting. Happiness lies within yourself, when you are at peace with yourself."
(Unknown)
“Happiness lies in giving and not in taking”
(Unknown)
“Often you feel unhappy, but you are not even trying to be happy.”
(Unknown)
“Enthusiasm does not always speak for the one who arouses it,
but always for the one who feels it”
(Unknown)
“Luck is nothing but the ability to take advantage of favorable opportunities”
(Unknown)
“Act with enthusiasm and you will be inspired”
(Unknown)
“You have no right to happiness, you have to conquer it.”
(Unknown)
“True happiness always comes from within”
(Unknown)
“Patience is the key to joy”
(Wisdom from Arabia)
"You can't choose a heart. You can only open your own
and trust in your luck"
(Unknown)
“Sometimes we search for the key to happiness for so long,
until we discover that he is
(Unknown)
“Happiness does not consist in being able to do what you want, but in always wanting what you do.”
(Leo Tolstoy)
“The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts”
(Marcus Aurelius)
“Happiness is found along the way, not at the end of a journey”
(Unknown)
“You can’t buy happiness, but you can make it your friend.”
(Unknown)
“Happiness knocks more often than you think, you just have to let it in.”
(Unknown)
“The fact that we are missing something should not stop us from
to enjoy everything else”
(Jane Austen)
"Your first duty is to make yourself happy. If you are happy,
this way you make others happy too”
(Ludwig Feuerbach)
“The best way to please yourself is to try to please someone else.”
(Mark Twain)
“Most people are unhappy because they demand too much of happiness.”
(Jean-Paul)
"The door to the realm of happiness cannot be forced open. It will open by itself if you find the key within yourself."
(Unknown)
“There is only one way to feel good: you have to learn to be content with what you have, and not always desire what is missing.”
(Unknown)
“Give every day the chance to be the most beautiful day of your life”
(Mark Twain)
"Believe in miracles, love, and happiness! Look forward and never back! Do what you want and stand by it, because only you live this life."
(Unknown)
“Happy is not the one who appears so to others, but the one who considers himself so.”
(Seneca)
“Happy is he who forgets what cannot be changed”
(Unknown)
“Happiness is not about having the best of everything, but about making the best of everything.”
(Unknown)
“The key to happiness lies within ourselves”
(Unknown)
“Just because we lack a piece of happiness shouldn’t stop us from enjoying everything else.”
(Jane Austen)
“If you want to be happy all the time, you have to change often.”
(Confucius)
“If you want to be happy, first learn to suffer”
(Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev)
“Happiness comes naturally to a peaceful family”
(Chinese wisdom)
“You can only have peace if you give it”
(Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach)
"We sometimes get in our own way. Perhaps a detour would be a way out."
(Unknown)
“Even a step back is often a step towards the goal”
(Unknown)
“The harder something is for us, the greater the joy when we succeed”
(Unknown)
“The everyday tasks and difficulties are precisely those that make you mature”
(Unknown)
“Failures are often necessary detours to success”
(Unknown)
"Only when you stumble do you pay attention to the path"
(Unknown)
“The greatest difficulties lie where we look for them”
(Unknown)
“One sees only trees, problems close together. The other
Spaces and the Light"
(Unknown)
“When the water is up to your neck, you should
don't let it hang"
(Unknown)
“Make obstacles big”
(André Chenier)
“Problems can never be solved with the same mindset
through which they came into being"
(Albert Einstein)
“You keep failing at the same problem until you realize that a change on your part is necessary.”
(Dr. Edward Bach)
“Even from stones that are placed in your path, you can build something beautiful”
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
"What is difficult for us is what we can learn in order to develop further. Because what is easy for us, we have already learned."
(Gabriele Hannemann)
“The stupid learn from his mistakes, the wise from the mistakes of others”
(Chinese wisdom)
“The sorrow that does not speak gnaws at the heart until it breaks”
(William Shakespeare)
“The man who moved the mountain was the same
who started carrying away small stones"
(Old Chinese proverb)
“You can’t run away from this situation – face YOURSELF”
(Gabriele Hannemann)
“A person who never makes mistakes has never tried anything”
(Albert Einstein)
“Behind every problem that holds you captive lies the opportunity for growth”
(Unknown)
“I stopped fighting, that’s why I am victorious”
(Unknown)
“The tighter the cage, the more beautiful the freedom”
(Unknown)
“If you can’t change a situation, then change your
attitude to this situation”
(Unknown)
“Nothing in the world is difficult: it is only our thoughts,
which give things this appearance”
(Arabic proverb)
“If you have a problem, don’t focus on the problem, focus on the ability to deal with it.”
(Unknown)
“If you stop making mistakes, you won’t learn anything.”
(Unknown)
“Those who cannot decide must accept the consequences of the decisions others make for them.”
(Unknown)
“Don’t be pushed around by your problems.
Let your dreams guide you”
(Unknown)
“Even a step back is often a step towards the goal”
(Unknown)
“What moves towards the sun leaves the shadow behind”
(Unknown)
“We live too much in the past, are afraid of the future and completely forget to enjoy the present.”
(Unknown)
"You can't lengthen your life, and you can't broaden it. But you can deepen it."
(Gorch Fock)
“Life is a boomerang – you always get back what you give”
(Unknown)
"What lies before us and what lies behind us is nothing compared to what lies within us. And when we bring what lies within us outwards into the
world, miracles happen”
(Henry David Thoreau)
"Man does not stop playing because he grows older. He grows old,
because he stops playing"
(Oliver Wendell Holmes)
“People are often more complicated than the life they live”
(Unknown)
“It doesn’t matter how old you are, but how you are old”
(Ochsenius)
“Give your life a hand and let yourself be surprised,
which paths you take"
(Unknown)
“Today is the ideal day if you make it so”
(Unknown)
“Anyone who retains the ability to recognize beauty will never grow old.”
(Franz Kafka)
“Live in such a way that you can say: The past is history, the future is a mystery, but this moment is a gift.”
(Indian wisdom)
"The art of living means having so much free time every day that hecticness doesn't stand a chance. And so many enjoyable tasks that there's no time for boredom."
(Unknown)
“Like a play, what matters in life is not how long it lasts, but how well it is acted.”
(Seneca)
“How long I live is not in my power; but that I live, as long as I live, depends on me.”
(Seneca)
“You can’t push someone up the ladder if they don’t want to go up.”
(Andrew Carnegie)
“Learn to become who YOU are”
(Pindar)
"Learning is like rowing against the current. If you stop, you drift back."
(Laozi)
“You cannot wipe away the tears of those who weep without
to wet your hands”
(African proverb)
“Only those who are healed can help and heal others”
(Unknown)
“Forget your mistakes someday, but never forget what you learned from them.”
(Unknown)
"What you tell me, I forget. What you show me, I remember. What you make me do, I understand."
(Confucius)
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, then you are a leader.”
(John Quincy Adams)
“If you want to reach the sources, you have to swim against the current”
(Confucius)
“If you want to be happy, first learn to suffer”
(Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev)
“Where your gifts lie, there also lie your tasks”
(German proverb)
“What is meant for you will not pass you by”
(Unknown)
"Never mistreat the person by your side. Even if they forgive you again and again. At some point, they will stop and find someone else they don't have to forgive."
(Unknown)
“The most power in the relationship is always held by those
to whom it doesn't mean so much"
(Unknown)
“He who is not able to forgive does not deserve it himself,
that he will be forgiven"
(Unknown)
“If you enjoy being faithful, then it is love.”
(Unknown)
“There is nothing more beautiful than someone knocking on our door just when we feel abandoned by the whole world.”
(Unknown)
"The mind can tell us what we should not do. But the heart
can tell us what we need to do "
(Joseph Joubert)
“If someone doesn’t love you the way you want them to, it doesn’t mean they don’t love you more than anything.”
(Unknown)
“If you don’t love yourself, you can’t love others.”
(Unknown)
"You can't choose a heart. You can only open your own
and trust in your luck"
(Unknown)
“There are people who are like a boomerang: you have to let them go at the right moment so that they come back to you.”
(Unknown)
“The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference”
(Unknown)
“The man who is willing to give up his freedom to gain security will lose both.”
(Benjamin Franklin)
“The worst way to feel that you miss someone is when you stand by their side and realize that they will never be yours.”
(Unknown)
“The art is not to get something, but to do it
want it when you have it"
(Unknown)
“The people who are hardest to love are the people
who need it most"
(Peaceful Warrior)
“Love is like a garden: if you don’t care for it, it will wither.”
(Arabic wisdom)
“The door to happiness is opened to you by your soul mate,
but you can go through yourself”
(Gabriele Hannemann)
“Time doesn’t heal all wounds, but it teaches us how to deal with pain.”
(Unknown)
“A beautiful woman belongs to the world, an ugly one to you alone”
(Indian wisdom)
"There comes a point in your life where you realize who's important, who never was important, who's no longer important, and who will always be important. So don't worry about people from your past; there are reasons why they won't be in your future."
(Unknown)
“It is not about soul mates coming together, but about them achieving their intended soul goals and developing further.”
(Gabriele Hannemann)
“Flirting is the art of falling into the arms of the other person,
without falling into his hands"
(Unknown)
"Women marry their husbands because they believe they can still change them. Men marry their wives because they believe they will stay the same."
(Unknown)
“It is better for a woman to marry the man who loves her than to marry the man she loves.”
(Arabic wisdom)
"If you love yourself, you love everyone as yourself. As long as you love a single person less than yourself, you have never truly loved yourself."
(Master Eckhardt)
“Never stop smiling, even if you are sad, because someone might fall in love with your smile.”
(Unknown)
“I love you not for what you are, but for what I am,
when I am with you"
(Unknown)
“No one deserves your tears, and whoever deserves them will surely
not make you cry"
(Unknown)
“Life partner is a word derived from life-threatening danger”
(Unknown)
“Love is the only thing that grows when you waste it”
(Unknown)
“Love is the power that makes you who you really are”
(Lady Nada)
“Love is shared joy in mutual imperfection”
(Ludwig Börne)
“Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I need it most"
(Unknown)
“If you love beauty, then do not love me, for a thousand others are more beautiful than I, but if you love love… then love only me,
because no one loves you like I do"
(Unknown)
"Sometimes people are like tea bags. You have to let them steep so they can reveal what's inside them, and then they're really good for you."
(Unknown)
“Most of the time, you hate the person you love the most because they are the only one who can really hurt you.”
(Unknown)
“It is not beauty that decides who we love, but love
decides who we find beautiful"
(Unknown)
“Don’t waste your present time with someone
who cannot yet stand by you"
(Gabriele Hannemann)
“Try to think with your heart and feel with your mind”
(Unknown)
“Try to get who you love, otherwise you have to love who you get”
(Albert Einstein)
“Many women try to change their husbands and later complain that he is no longer the same.”
(Unknown)
"What you love, let it go. If it comes back, it's yours – forever."
(Confucius)
"What you love, you have to let go of. If it comes back, it was never gone; if it stays gone, it never belonged to you."
(Unknown)
“What you gain by force, you can only keep by force”
(Indian wisdom)
“Do not cry when something is over, but rejoice in it,
that you could experience it"
(Unknown)
“If you love someone, don’t try to change them, because if they change, they are no longer the person you fell in love with.”
(Unknown)
“Once you understand that loving is more important than being loved, being loved will happen automatically.”
(Unknown)
“He who lives without love is living death”
(Unknown)
“He who prefers security to freedom is rightly a slave”
(Aristotle)
“When love beckons you, follow it, even if its paths are difficult and steep.”
(Khalil Gibran)
“The shortest distance between two people is a smile”
(Unknown)
“When you have small doubts… switch off your head and let your gut decide, then your soul will feel better too.”
(Unknown)
“Doubt is the waiting room of knowledge”
(Indian wisdom)
“If doubt is stronger than self-love, then you will only seek recognition from outside.”
(Unknown)
“If you're in a hole, you must first stop digging.”
(From Tibet)
“If you want to find fault, you will find it even in paradise.”
(Henry David Thoreau)
“Whoever wants to recognize justice must first have doubted in the right way”
(Aristotle)
“Even skyscrapers started in the basement”
(Unknown)
“Only dead fish swim with the current”
(Unknown)
“Everything a person can imagine, he can achieve”
(Unknown)
“Man is nothing other than what he makes himself”
(Unknown)
“A drowning person cannot save others”
(Unknown)
“Just because we lack a piece of happiness shouldn’t stop us from enjoying everything else.”
(Jane Austen)
"Don't complain about the darkness. Light a candle."
(Confucius)
“The man who moved the mountain was the same
who started carrying away small stones"
(Old Chinese proverb)
“The true voyage of discovery consists not in discovering new lands, but in seeing the familiar territory with new eyes.”
(Marcel Proust)
"I didn't fail. I just found 10,000 ways
how it doesn't work"
(Thomas Edison)
“What you want to ignite in others must burn within you”
(Augustine)
“If we did everything we could do, we would
We are very surprised about this”
(Thomas Alva Edison)
“Being able to show weakness is a strength”
(Unknown)
“Anyone who admits that he is a coward has courage”
(Unknown)
“Only he is truly strong who can be strong because he must be strong,
although he is not"
(Unknown)
“Courage is not not being afraid, but overcoming one’s fear”
(Unknown)
“What doesn’t kill me makes me strong”
(Unknown)
“Only those who have the courage to dream have the strength to fight”
(Unknown)
“True strength is shown by how you deal with your weaknesses”
(Unknown)
“He who smiles instead of raging is always the stronger”
(Japanese proverb)
“First, examine what positive lies behind every negative thing.”
(Unknown)
“The harder something is for us, the greater the joy when we succeed”
(Unknown)
“Optimists walk on the cloud under which others mope”
(Unknown)
“Don’t take it too hard, then everything will be easy.”
(Unknown)
“Life is not about having good cards, but about playing well with a bad hand.”
(Unknown)
“One sees only trees, problems close together. The other
Spaces and the Light"
(Unknown)
“Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, but about learning to dance in the rain.”
(Unknown)
“It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.”
(Unknown)
“What doesn’t kill me makes me strong”
(Unknown)
“A day without a smile is a wasted day”
(Unknown)
"Everything around us is some form of energy. If you want to attract positive things into your life, start by radiating positive energy."
(Unknown)
"Don't complain about the darkness. Light a candle."
(Confucius)
"Always look on the bright side of things! And if they don't have any,
then rub the dark one until it shines"
(German proverb)
“The beginning is half of the whole”
(Aristotle)
“One should not be angry that the rosebush bears thorns, one should be happy that the thorn bush bears roses.”
(Arabic proverb)
“Always turn towards the sun, then the shadows will fall behind you”
(Japanese proverb)
“You have to look up to see the stars”
(Unknown)
“The middle of the night is already the beginning of a new day”
(Unknown)
“The only wealth worth increasing is the memories we collect in our hearts.”
(Unknown)
“The richest people are those who can do without the most”
(Indian wisdom)
“Poor is not the one who has little, but the one who can never get enough”
(Arabic wisdom)
“The true measure of your wealth is what you are worth,
when you have lost all your money"
(Unknown)
“It is easier for the thrifty person to get used to wasting than for the waster to get up the courage to save.”
(Chinese wisdom)
“Don’t think so often about what you lack, but about what you have.”
(Aurel, Marc Marcus Annius Verus)
“The rich man thinks about the future, the poor man about the present”
(Chinese wisdom)
“Wealth is within you, even if you are short of money”
(Unknown)
“The art is not to get something, but to do it
to still want it when you have it"
(Unknown)
“If you hope for fulfillment from others, you will never achieve true abundance.”
(Lao Tzu)
“I can only receive what I am willing to give myself.”
(Gabriele Hannemann)
"With money you can buy a house, but not a home. With money you can buy a watch, but not time. With money you can buy a bed, but not sleep. With money you can buy a book, but not knowledge. With money you can buy a doctor, but not health. With money you can buy a position, but not respect. With money you can buy blood, but not life.
With money you can buy sex, but not love"
(Chinese wisdom)
“Those who do everything just for the sake of money will soon do everything for the sake of money.”
(Unknown)
“We rarely think about what we have, but always about what we lack.”
(Arthur Schopenhauer)
“First you use your health to make money; then you use your money to get your health back.”
(Unknown)
“If you don’t pay attention to the little things, you will lose bigger things”
(Unknown)
“You should never have so much to do that you have no time to think.”
(Georg Christoph Lichtenberg)
“You must live your life forward, you will understand it backwards”
(Unknown)
“You can’t change the world, but you can look at it with different eyes.”
(Unknown)
“He who is not able to forgive does not deserve it himself,
that he will be forgiven"
(Unknown)
"Happiness does not lie in great successes, for they are fleeting. Happiness lies within yourself, when you are at peace with yourself."
(Unknown)
“When the water is up to your neck, you should
don't let your head hang down"
(Unknown)
“Often you feel unhappy, but you are not even trying to be happy.”
(Unknown)
"If you have the right attitude, nothing and no one can stop you. If you have the wrong attitude, nothing and no one can help you."
(Thomas Jefferson)
“A drowning person cannot save others”
(Unknown)
“If you want to change something that cannot be changed,
then change your attitude towards it”
(Unknown)
"Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become your character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny."
(From the Talmud)
“Pay attention to your thoughts, they are the beginning of your actions”
(Wisdom from China)
“You have the most control when you have yourself in your hands”
(Unknown)
“The universe is watching you: If you don’t work on yourself,
then the universe will work on you"
(Gabriele Hannemann)
“Humility is an important tool on the path to enlightenment.
Only those who do not want to will find out”
(Unknown)
“The conscious person makes demands on himself, the unconscious person makes demands on others”
(Unknown)
“The stupid learn from his mistakes, the wise from the mistakes of others”
(Chinese wisdom)
“The only time you no longer have a chance is when you no longer want to take it.”
(Unknown)
“Belief in our power can increase it infinitely”
(Friedrich von Schlegel)
“The sorrow that does not speak gnaws at the heart until it breaks”
(William Shakespeare)
“The wise man never gets tired of beautiful sayings”
(Arabic wisdom)
“The ability to say the word no is the first step to freedom”
(Nicolas Chamfort)
“The true voyage of discovery consists not in discovering new lands, but in seeing the familiar territory with new eyes.”
(Marcel Proust)
“You can’t run away from this situation – face YOURSELF”
(Gabriele Hannemann)
"Only when you are sick do you know how wonderful it is to be healthy. Only when you are thirsty do you know how wonderful it is to drink. Only when you lose do you know how wonderful it is to win. Only when you are about to suffocate do you know how wonderful it is to breathe. Do you also only know when you are dead,
how beautiful it is to live?"
(Unknown)
“If you have chaos in your thoughts, you should not be surprised if chaos is closest to you.”
(Unknown)
"One should not seek peace outside, but only within oneself. He who has found inner peace grasps at nothing, nor rejects anything."
(Buddhist wisdom)
"If you are looking for yourself, look outside in the world. If you are looking for the world,
so search within yourself"
(Rudolf Steiner)
"What you are is what you were. What you will be is what you are doing now."
(Buddha)
“Whoever believes he is something has ceased to become something”
(Unknown)
“Those who are self-confident can also afford to show their feelings.”
(Unknown)
“Become a better person and make sure you know yourself before you meet someone you expect to know you properly.”
(Unknown)
“If I want to change the external circumstances, I have to change myself.”
(Unknown)
“We do not see things as they are, but as we perceive them”
(Gabriele Hannemann)
"We become what we think"
(Unknown)
“You can only have peace if you give it”
(Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach)
“If you bend too much, you might break.”
(Unknown)
“I am not here to be what others would like me to be.”
(Unknown)
"Never change yourself to please others. Because if someone doesn't accept you as you are, they don't deserve you any other way."
(Unknown)
“If everyone thinks of themselves, everyone is taken care of”
(Unknown)
“If you don’t love yourself, you can’t love others.”
(Unknown)
“Respect yourself if you want others to respect you”
(Adolph Baron Knigge)
“The most beautiful of all secrets: To be a genius and the only one who knows it”
(Mark Twain)
"Your first duty is to make yourself happy. If you are happy, you will make others happy."
(Ludwig Feuerbach)
“The ability to say the word no is the first step to freedom”
(Nicolas Chamfort)
“Develop yourself into the unique, distinctive, interchangeable person that is inherent in you”
(Pindar)
“To the world you may be nobody, but to some you are the world”
(Unknown)
"If you love yourself, you love everyone as yourself. As long as you love a single person less than yourself, you have never truly loved yourself."
(Master Eckhardt)
“If doubt is stronger than self-love, then you will only seek recognition from outside.”
(Unknown)
"Why do you want to compare yourself to others? There is no one who can be you better than you."
(Unknown)
“You can bow down to other people and become taller in the process”
(Unknown)
“Not all people are as happy as they seem,
they only laugh to avoid crying"
(Unknown)
“Something that comes from the heart has all the time in the world, something that is manipulated always has to be done very quickly, with a lot of emotion and
be processed immediately"
(Unknown)
“A thief is someone who has the habit of finding things before other people lose them.”
(Unknown)
“Facts must be recognized before they can be distorted”
(Mark Twain)
“Whoever lies for you will also lie against you”
(Unknown)
“You see a person’s face in the light – his character in the dark”
(Unknown)
“Not all people are as happy as they seem,
they only laugh to avoid crying"
(Unknown)
“Everyone sees what you appear to be, but few feel what you are.”
(Nicola Machiavelli)
“Whoever wants to recognize justice must first have doubted in the right way”
(Aristotle)
“All people are wise, some before, others after”
(Chinese proverb)
“Evil is easy to learn, good is difficult”
(Chinese wisdom)
“I’m actually quite different, but I rarely get the chance to show it.”
(Horvath, Oedön von)
“No one is so crazy that he cannot find someone even crazier
finds someone who understands him"
(Friedrich Nietzsche)
“Don’t disturb my circles”
(Archimedes)
“Dreamers may not have a plan, but realists have no visions.”
(Unknown)
"When a lady says 'no,' she means 'maybe.' When she says 'maybe,' she means 'yes.' When she says 'yes,' she's not a lady."
(Unknown)
“What is meant for you will not pass you by”
(Unknown)
“Do you know what is the hardest thing to find when you
lost? The trust"
(Unknown)
“Working with the universe is much easier,
than struggling alone”
(Unknown)
"You can't choose a heart. You can only open your own and trust your luck."
(Unknown)
"All help is available. All it takes is your trust and cooperation."
(Confucius)
“There will always be someone who criticizes you, but keep faith in those who give you their trust twice.”
(Unknown)
“And if you only trust yourself, the other souls will trust you.”
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
“Whatever happens, it benefits the experience”
(Unknown)
“If it’s the right thing to do, it will happen; if not, it wasn’t the right thing to do.”
(Unknown)
“Those who believe in themselves will surpass others.”
(Chinese wisdom)
“Don’t believe everything you’re told, but believe that everything is possible.”
(Unknown)
"Man has three ways to act wisely: first, through reflection, which is the noblest. Second, through imitation, which is the easiest. Third, through experience, which is the bitterest."
(Confucius)
"Man does not stop playing because he grows older. He grows old,
because he stops playing"
(Oliver Wendell Holmes)
“People are often more complicated than the life they live”
(Unknown)
“The fool does what he cannot leave undone, the wise man leaves undone what he cannot do”
(Chinese wisdom)
“The rich man thinks about the future, the poor man about the present”
(Chinese wisdom)
“The wise man never gets tired of beautiful sayings”
(Arabic wisdom)
“Some are recognized by their actions, others by their behavior”
(Unknown)
“You can do anything, you just have to be able to do it”
(Kurt Tucholsky)
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom”
(Unknown)
“A fool who works is better than a wise man who sleeps.”
(Chinese wisdom)
“A felled tree casts no shadow”
(Chinese wisdom)
“A knowing person does not speak, a speaking person does not know”
(Lao Tzu)
“You overcome an angry person with kindness, an evil person with goodness, a miser with generosity, and a liar with the truth.”
(Indian Truth)
“Experience is something you get when you expect something else”
(Unknown)
“Only when you have reached the source of your wisdom do you realize the ridiculousness of space and time.”
(Unknown)
“Mistakes are made so that an experience can take place afterwards and from this, recognition can take place and thus a change can be made.”
(Confucius)
“Give a hungry man a fish and he will be satisfied for once; teach him to fish and he will never go hungry again.”
(Chinese wisdom)
"Once something has happened, don't talk about it. It's hard to collect spilled water."
(Chinese wisdom)
"Wise is he who believes only half of what he hears. Even wiser is he who recognizes which half is the right one."
(Unknown)
"Smart people can act stupid. The opposite is more difficult."
(Kurt Tucholsky)
“Don’t make your thoughts your prison”
(William Shakespeare)
“You don’t go to seek, you go to find”
(Unknown)
“You can only fully understand a situation
when you have experienced both sides"
(Unknown)
“Sometimes you have to lose your mind to gain clarity”
(Peaceful Warrior)
“Only through the eyes of others can you clearly see your own mistakes”
(Chinese proverb)
“Without the inner willingness, all searching is pointless”
(Unknown)
“Imagination is more important than knowledge, because knowledge is limited”
(Albert Einstein)
“Don’t always say what you know, but always know what you say”
(German proverb)
“Beautiful women are only good for a week, but good women are beautiful all their lives.”
(Indian wisdom)
“Self-confidence does not come from always being right, but from not being afraid to be wrong sometimes.”
(Unknown)
“As long as you cannot forgive others for being different, you are still far from the path of wisdom.”
(Chinese wisdom)
"If you are looking for yourself, look outside in the world. If you are looking for the world,
so search within yourself"
(Rudolf Steiner)
“Facts must be recognized before they can be distorted”
(Mark Twain)
“Never forget, everything that happens to you was wanted and orchestrated by you.”
(Kuthumi)
"What you are is what you were. What you will be is what you are doing now."
(Buddha)
“What use is freedom of thought if it does not lead to freedom of action?”
(Jonathan Swift)
"What lies before us and what lies behind us is nothing compared to what lies within us. And when we turn what lies within us outwards
into the world, miracles happen"
(Henry David Thoreau)
"Wisdom does not depend on age. It depends on the number of incarnations, the deeds."
(Unknown)
“When the well is dry, you only appreciate the water”
(Arabic wisdom)
“If you let go, you have two hands free”
(Chinese wisdom)
“When one door closes, another opens; but often we look so long and so mournfully at the closed door that we no longer notice the new door that is now open to us.”
(Alexander Graham Bell)
“He who seeks revenge should dig two graves”
(Confucius)
“He who knows others is wise, but he who knows himself is enlightened.”
(Confucius)
“Important things must never be subordinated to unimportant things”
(Goethe)
“We cannot set out for new shores if we are not prepared to lose sight of the old.”
(Seneca)
“Through carelessness one loses one’s roots, through restlessness one loses one’s overview”
(Lao Tzu)
“You don’t attract what you want, but what you are”
(Unknown)
“The more responsibility you take for your past and your present, the better you can shape the future
create the life you long for"
(Unknown)
"Our desires are like little children. The more you indulge them, the more demanding they become."
(Chinese wisdom)
“What I believe comes true, what I do not believe cannot come true in my
life does not take place"
(Unknown)
“If you don’t get what you want, remember that sometimes it was your luck.”
(Unknown)
“And one day you will realize that sometimes what you want is not necessarily what you need.”
(Unknown)
“If you go in the wrong direction, there is no point
to increase the pace"
(Unknown)
“Many climb so fast that they don’t even notice that they are on the
climbed the wrong mountain"
(Buddhist wisdom)
“Only when you have reached the source of your wisdom do you realize the ridiculousness of space and time.”
(Unknown)
“The grass doesn’t grow any faster if you pull on it.”
(Zambian proverb)
“One waits until time changes, the other seizes it
strong and act"
(Dante Alighieri)
“Time doesn’t heal all wounds, but it teaches us how to deal with pain.”
(Unknown)
“It is not that we have little time, but that we spend a lot of time unused.”
(Seneca)
“It’s never too late to become who you could have been”
(George Eliot)
“Don’t be afraid to go slowly, just be afraid to stop.”
(Chinese wisdom)
"The art of living means having so much free time every day that hecticness doesn't stand a chance. And so many enjoyable tasks that there's no time for boredom."
(Unknown)
“Take time to think, but when the time comes to act, stop thinking and go.”
(Andrew Jackson)
“Whether you hurry or walk slowly, the path remains the same”
(Chinese wisdom)
“Don’t wait for the big miracle, otherwise you’ll miss the many small ones.”
(Unknown)
“He who ponders for a long time does not begin, and he who does not begin does not win.”
(Arabic wisdom)
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